Garden (Yard) List 2014 (1 Viewer)

[Jos Stratford]

Two weekends ago, butterflies in warm sunshine, one weekend ago carpet of snow, today sun and butterflies again !

First big influx of migrants today, good to hear the woodland alive with the song of Robins, Wrens and assorted thrushes again. White-fronted and Bean Geese overhead all day, one adult White-tailed Eagle mid-afternoon, loads of new arrivals as below:

49. Grey Heron
50. Black-head Gull
51. Herring Gull
52. Wood Pigeon
53. Meadow Pipit
54. White Wagtail
55. Wren
56. Robin
57. Redwing
58. Song Thrush
59. Brambling
60. Hawfinch
61. Reed Bunting

 

[Richard Prior]

Yes, thanks a bunch for sending your snow down to us in the Alps Jos, our butterflies and bees have retreated to lower altitudes again, and it's back to winter birding for now ||

 

[Jos Stratford]

Yes, thanks a bunch for sending your snow down to us in the Alps Jos, our butterflies and bees have retreated to lower altitudes again, and it's back to winter birding for now ||

No problem, five species of butterfly today :t:

 

[Jos Stratford]

41. House Sparrow
What an exciting year tick.....

I have yet to get House Sparrow, hopefully the House and Tree Sparrows will return soon (breed in stork nests, but disperse for the winter).

Rather pleased though to have a long-staying House Sparrow in my Vilnius garden - been present amongst Tree Sparrows since autumn, fully expecting a few hybrid sparrows by the end of the breeding season!

 

[Richard Prior]

I have yet to get House Sparrow, hopefully the House and Tree Sparrows will return soon (breed in stork nests, but disperse for the winter).

Rather pleased though to have a long-staying House Sparrow in my Vilnius garden - been present amongst Tree Sparrows since autumn, fully expecting a few hybrid sparrows by the end of the breeding season!

If that happens,we could arrange a swap of hybrids, my Italian x House Spuggies with your House x Tree , could lead to some very interesting 3 way hybrids in 2015!

I spoke too soon about winter birding returning - at 5.45pm a Ring Ouzel appeared across the road, perched on top of a snow covered pine tree, probably wondering if it's got its timing wrong!

51 Ring Ouzel

Richard

 

[Warixenjalka]

Okay - It's time to put my humble list here too.

#1 Magpie
#2 Bullfinch
#3 Hooded Crow
#4 Jackdaw
#5 Great Tit
#6 Green Finch
#7 Blue Tit
#8 Tree Sparrow
#9 Great Spotted Woodpecker
#10 Feral Pigeon
#11 Blackbird
#12 Herring Gull
#13 Whooper Swan
#14 Sparrow Hawk
#15 Ring-necked Pheasant
#16 Rook (at a same time this was my first one in South-East Finland :king

Spring is earlier than normally here too. So where are all Chaffinches and Robins etc? Don't keep them there|;|

 

[Richard Prior]

Humble your list may be at the moment, but there are nevertheless 7 of your 16 species that I've never seen here!!!

 

[KenM]

Okay - It's time to put my humble list here too.

#1 Magpie
#2 Bullfinch
#3 Hooded Crow
#4 Jackdaw
#5 Great Tit
#6 Green Finch
#7 Blue Tit
#8 Tree Sparrow
#9 Great Spotted Woodpecker
#10 Feral Pigeon
#11 Blackbird
#12 Herring Gull
#13 Whooper Swan
#14 Sparrow Hawk
#15 Ring-necked Pheasant
#16 Rook (at a same time this was my first one in South-East Finland :king

Spring is earlier than normally here too. So where are all Chaffinches and Robins etc? Don't keep them there|;|

There's 6 of your 16 species that I certainly need! :eek!:

 

[halftwo]

An amazing sight of a fly past Mandarin duck this morning.
Now, up here we don't have Feral populations - but there are some captive birds in local collections.

So: can I count this escapee?

 

[RyanI]

Spring still not here, other than chiffchaffs! Good numbers of divers moving north over the last week, 1400+ in an hour and a half the peak so far.

69 Chiffchaff
70 Kestrel
71 Velvet Scoter
72 Oystercatcher
73 Redshank

 

[Jos Stratford]

Continuing spring arrival, no less than 20 White Storks present today, several already on nests, others on meadows. Also five fly-over Mute Swans, a ringtail Hen Harrier through, one Woodlark and, very interesting indeed, the male Hazel Grouse lingering where seen two weeks ago ...I have to assume possible breeding, a very nice development if so.

62. Mute Swan
63. White Stork
64. Hen Harrier
65. Mistle Thrush

 

[KenM]

An amazing sight of a fly past Mandarin duck this morning.
Now, up here we don't have Feral populations - but there are some captive birds in local collections.

So: can I count this escapee?

Flypast males when seen in good light...always remind me of Tufted Puffin!

No you can't include it on your garden list!...as it's not really a ''wild'' bird... unlike the Epping Forest population

 

[Jos Stratford]

An amazing sight of a fly past Mandarin duck this morning.
Now, up here we don't have Feral populations - but there are some captive birds in local collections.

So: can I count this escapee?

Given ringing recoveries exist for birds from the feral populations at far greater distances, then this here member of the non-existent committee says, 'Yes, countable' :t:

 

[halftwo]

One vote each way so far...

 

[delia todd]

It's your list H2.

Like my chaffies... I'm on the fence

 

[Richard Prior]

Given ringing recoveries exist for birds from the feral populations at far greater distances, then this here member of the non-existent committee says, 'Yes, countable' :t:

Go on Ken , have a heart! After all, it was flying (not dragging one clipped wing along the ground). For all we know, it's the first signs of a new Pennine population becoming established!

Richard (still never had ANY duck sp up here)

 

[Larry Lade]

OK, from a BirdForum Moderator, put it on your list. Just kidding!

It is your list and you can add whatever you wish. "To each his own!"

Personally if I saw an exotic, escapee or hybrid bird in our yard, I would certainly make a note of it.

 

[halftwo]

Well, while the debate continues I've just had a mega:

50: Red Kite !!

Right over the house - 2nd record for the garden.

 

[The Falcon]

Winter has been a beast this year in NY!

25. Red-tailed Hawk
26. American Robin
27. Northern Shrike
28. Canada Goose
29. Cooper's Hawk

 

[Chris-Leeds]

Go on Ken , have a heart! After all, it was flying (not dragging one clipped wing along the ground). For all we know, it's the first signs of a new Pennine population becoming established!

Richard (still never had ANY duck sp up here)

Depending on how far they fly around because there is a breeding population at Bolton Abbey where there have been sightings of 60+ a couple of weeks ago.
I'd say tick it.